Fire in the Pines

behr655

I'm sure you all are familiar with the forest fire in the Pine Barrens in South Jersey. I took a ride out yesterday to get some shots. All of these shots are in the area of Warren Grove Bombing Range where the fire was started by a flare dropped by a pilot on a training mission.

This hunter's cover is blown. This is unusual as most hunters in Jersey use tree stands but I've seen this type before.


The "pygmy" or Scrubbie" pines require the intense heat of fire for their cones to release their seeds. No fire, no seeds. So what you are seeing is actually a good thing.






Across the road from the "plains" are regular pines.


Still beautiful in it's own way






Talk about forgetting where you parked your car....


Back over to the plains on a higher elevation






This shot gives a good idea of the expance of the fire


I may do some hiking throuh there next week. They say you can find some neat things after a fire like that as the under growth is gone exposing all sorts of things.

Bear

Skippy

behr655 wrote:

I'm sure you all are familiar with the forest fire in the Pine Barrens in South Jersey. I took a ride out yesterday to get some shots. All of these shots are in the area of Warren Grove Bombing Range where the fire was started by a flare dropped by a pilot on a training mission.
This hunter's cover is blown. This is unusual as most hunters in Jersey use tree stands but I've seen this type before.
The "pygmy" or Scrubbie" pines require the intense heat of fire for their cones to release their seeds. No fire, no seeds. So what you are seeing is actually a good thing.
Across the road from the "plains" are regular pines.
Still beautiful in it's own way
Talk about forgetting where you parked your car....
Back over to the plains on a higher elevation
This shot gives a good idea of the expance of the fire
I may do some hiking throuh there next week. They say you can find some neat things after a fire like that as the under growth is gone exposing all sorts of things.
Bear

Wow you did a beautiful job processing this lot Bear
My favourites are #6 #7 #8 and #9

Fires can be so devastating, and it takes years for things to grow back.
It's interesting how Natures reacts when fires pass through.
From the burnt ground and trees comes new life

Thanks for sharing ... love this series .... Skippy
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behr655

Thanks skippy. It was difficult shooting. The charred trees and earth made for very strong contrasts against the sky.
Fortunately there was relativly little personal property loss given the scope of the fire, 13,000 acres burned.

Bear